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Zigs are out. Sun is hitting the bay on my left out of the cold wind, got to be off by 3pm

Woke up to my mates alarms going off at 1am, god there loud ! he’s a very slow getting up and out but it’s still on when he picks his rod up. White Heavy frost and a shiny moon looks lovely. Plays the fish for 5 mins is this the 30 at last ? ..... Um no it fell off. Gutter for him

Well it’s defo not cricket but still fishing 😉and as for the great Mr Walker he won’t be turning in his grave because the ground is frozen !

Well I’m fishing at last on a 24hr, the trip has been called off twice with Covid. Me an a mate booked a cabin nx to the lake il post some pics tomorrow.

I’m using my bivvy heater at the mo

There used to be a small tackle shop above a hardware store near me the owner would always let us try a rod casting over the football pitch across the road from the shop to see if it suited us. Had my heart set on a rod had a cast but couldn’t compress the blank so it was a no no If you can try out a few all the better,good luck with your choice.

I always eat from the pan saves on the washing up 👍

Awww that’s sounds lush Elmo .... got me dribbling...good luck 🤞

Try YouTube got lots of vids on there to help you, but I’ve used the above method and it works.

Yes the original is which I have some .... or if you been the larger not to bad.

Making me hungry looking at all of the pics... Weetabix and a pot of real coffee in the morning for me to

No I haven’t seen that... I don’t buy on there often tho.

For the members who are not aware of this tip ( hope it’s allowed Mods ) When your looking at a item you got a interest in hit the ‘watch this item’ button it’s under the Add to basket. Some times you will get a message back from the seller offering you a discount

I favour the Fox black Label slik swingers (don’t know why they named them often a can of larger) I like the arms they stop side travel in the wind and the heads you get the best of both worlds like the Korda or free running. The arms are hard to get hold of tho.

But Soooo incredibly frustrating when you see the line of bubbles head to your spot and then pass your spot without stopping, which has happened to me 🙄 I’ve had a carp go berserk when I underarmed a rig to a showing fish just past where I seen it show and promptly hit it 😞

Sounds like a plan, best of luck 🤞

Highly what area at the lake do you fancy ?

At Linear fisheries Oxford Maggots ... and then more maggots when we were allowed to spod them that is, up 6 pints at least with sweet corn... if I was fishing at distance I would drop some pebbles in the nose of the spod for the extra weight. I think the carp like soft baits when that water temperature drops. Hooks size 8-10

I remember John Holden from the 80’s with Paul Kerry big names indeed always in Sea Angler Magazine...FYI his son is Lee Kerry the match angler, and 125yds with 4000 reels 👍

We used to have 2 firework party’s one for the little kids and one for the big kids. On our big kids party you had to bring a firework bigger the better. We always had a good drink. Anyway I got hold of a huge rocket and was in the running for the best firework till my mate sheepish said can I borrow a shovel and disappeared to the top of the garden giggling. At 12 O’clock he got us all up and we staggered out to the garden best stand back he says giggling again....Well it was must have been like the blitz all hell broke loose everyone was all running around like headless chicken trying to fine cover and not drop there drinks one of the boys done a spectacular leap and tried to clear a 6 foot fence missed his footing went smack into it I can remember the mrs trying frantically to get into the shed that was locked seemed like time stood still. O happy days 😂 The following day I went to the top of the garden for a tidy up and found my mates firework double the size of a biscuit tin it was. I read the instructions and in big Capital letters read display model stand back 50 metres 🙄

Maybe I should have tried a bit of hot water over halibut pellets 🤔

I’ve used these in the past Quite heavy with sticky pellets in the margins had a low 20 on it but I found when I cast them most of the pellets came off on impact with the water tried binding them with liquids but gave up

Must say Commonly I am enjoying your reservoir campaign and I wish you all the best luck 👍

If any of you has got a Chub vantage bivvy as I have Total fishing Tackle are selling the over warp for both 1 man and 2 man for £19 each, I paid £29 awhile ago which I thought was a bargain then

Cardiff.... I’ve just txt my mate and he’s said that’s what she said happed